The Tale of Tales

by Giambattista Basile

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  INDEX

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  [N.b.: Material indexed includes the foreword, illustrator’s note, introduction, and footnotes, but not the text of the tales.]

  academies: Academy of the Incogniti, xl; Academy of the Oziosi, xxxvii–xxxviii; Academy of the Stravaganti, xxxvi, xxxviii

  Aesop, 278n7

  Agamben, Giorgio, xxix

  agriculture, practices related to, 33n3, 52n8, 78n7, 233n21, 293n1, 405n8

  Alamanni, Luigi, 207

  Amicis, Edmondo de, xxvii

  Andersen, Hans Christin, 91

  animals, land, 34n7, 84n2, 116n37, 138n9, 193n21, 218n17, 297n1; beliefs and superstitions regarding, 77n2, 93n5, 99n21, 136n8, 142n4, 269n1, 297n2, 322n9, 332n8, 335n14, 356n8, 359n12, 361n15

  animals, sea, 30n37, 375n16; beliefs and superstitions regarding, 58n4, 361n15

  anticlassicist tradition of Renaissance, 228n7

  antiquity, classical: authors of, 34n4, 35n12, 353n1, 374n15, 384n7, 397n1; cities of, 359n13; historical figures of, 30n38, 37n16, 118n46, 368n9, 384n6, 427n2. See also Aristotle; Herodotus; Homer; mythology, classical, figures of; Ovid; Plutarch; Virgil

  Apuleius, xlvii, 413. See also Cupid and Psyche, myth of

  Arabian Nights, xlvii, li, 42, 326n1, 329n4

  Aretino, Pietro, 228n7

  Ariosto, Ludovico, 80n13, 104, 106n4, 108n13, 162n6, 197n5, 317n3, 369n10, 424n3, 434n8. See also epic, genre of

  Aristotle, 11n27, 118n46, 401n7

  Aulnoy, Marie-Catherine d’, xiii, 32, 56, 337

  banditry, 87n6, 152n3, 361n16, 383n1. See also crime and criminals

  Baroque, xiv, xv, xxxiii

  Basile, Adriana, xxxvii, xxxviii, xxxix, xl, 20n20, 25n17

  Basile, Giambattista: life of, xxxv–xl, Italian works: Aretusa, xxxix; Le avventurose disavventure, xxxvi, xxxvii, 342n8, 364n18; Egloghe amorose e lugubri, xxxviii; ll guerriero amante, xxxix; Immagini delle più belle dame napoletane, xxxix; Madriali et ode, xxxvii, xxxix; Monte di Parnaso, xxxix, 283n15; Opere poetiche, xxxviii; ll pianto della vergine, xxxvii; philological editions, xxxix; Del Teagene, xxxix; Venere addolorata, xxxviii; Neapolitan works: Le muse napoletane, xxxix, xl, 182n4, 294nn12–13, 349n5. See also Lo cunto de li cunti

  Beaumont, Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de, 276

  Bello, Francesco, 269

  Bible, 113n28, 256n1, 304n4, 403n3,

  Biondo, M. A., 133

  birth, practices related to. See pregnancy and birth, practice related to

  boats and ships: types of, 96n14, 219n20, 239n3, 262n12, 271n4; maritime practices, 404n5

  Boccaccio, Giovanni, xvii, xx, xxxiii, xliv, xlv, xlvii, lii, 10n26, 66n18, 92n1, 118n46, 189, 313, 319n2, 427. See also novella, genre of

  Boiardo, Matteo Maria, 108n13, 197n5, 318n3. See also epic , genre of

  Burani, Alesandra, lxvi

  Burton, Richard. See translations of Lo cunto de li cunti

  Callot, Jacques, 4n6

  Calvino, Italo, l, lviii

  cantari, xlvii

  capital punishment, 33n5, 37n17, 52n7, 53n9, 65n7, 65n8, 69n26, 71n32, 105n3, 108n14, 13on7, 232n20, 277n6, 302n12, 310n27, 311n29, 311n31, 329n3, 345n12, 385nn13–14, 433n5, 450n15. See also crime and criminals; judicial system

  carnival, 3n6, 4n20, 155n9, 259n4, 299n5, 309n26, 358n11. See also Cockaigne, land of; fairs and festivals; spectacles and entertainment; theater

  Castiglione, Baldassar, xliv, 393n1

  Caumont de la Force, Charlotte-Rose, 127

  Celano, Carlo, 65n14, 266n7

  Chanson de Roland, 14n7. See also epic, genre of

  chapbooks, news-sheets, and pamphlets, 11n28, 114n31, 119n48, 319–20nn1–2, 341n7, 361n16, 365n2

  church, Catholic: liturgy of, 87n7, 93n6, 308n22, 384n8; practices related to, 83n1, 98n17, 380n6; saints of, xxv–xxvi, 415n2

  Cocchiara, Giuseppe, 320n2

  Cockaigne, land of, 319n2

  coins and currency, 10n22, 22n2, 39n22, 46n8, 64n3, 77n3, 78n6, 105n2, 119n47, 146n4, 168n3, 198n9, 386n12, 395n6, 433n7

  commedia dell’arte, xlii, 192n12, 252n11, 256n2. See also theater

  commerce, practices related to 82n15, 388n22. See also trades and professions

  Cortese, Giulio Cesare, xxxvii, xxxviii–xxxix, xliv, 4n5, 8n21, 123n2. See also Neapolitan dialect tradition

  cosmetic practices, 60n5, 73n36, 92n1, 130n4

  courts, xxxviii–xxxix, xlvi, xlviii, lii, lxii, 307n7. See also Lo cunto de li cunti, autobiographical references in

  Crane, Thomas Frederick 256, 313

  crime and criminals, 64n6, 96n13, 111n23, 130n7, 267n10, 305n5, 312n32, 384n8, 433nn3–6. See also banditry; capital punishment; judicial system

  Croce, Benedetto, xxvii, xliii, xlix. See also translations of Lo cunto de li cunti

  Croce, Giulio Cesare, 42

  cuckoldry, 34n10, 78n7, 110n21, 169n4, 182n4, 198–99nn10–11, 343n10, 403n4

  Lo cunto de li cunti: audience of, extratextual, liv–lv; audience and tale-tellers of, textual, li–lii, 10n26; auto biographical references in, xlvi, 259n9, 386n16; as Baroque text, xxxiii, l, lii, lv (see also Baroque); frame tale, li–liii, lvii; Neapolitan dialect, use of in, xliv–xlv, liv; oral narration, techniques of in, lviii–lix; parodic function of, xvii, xx, xlvi, xlviii, lv–lvi; preambles, 13n2; publishing history of, xli–xliii

  cuntu, genre of, xix–xx

  Cupid and Psyche, myth of, xlvii, 151, 185, 413. See also Apuleius

  dance, 4nn5–6, 124n9, 164n13, 205n1, 242n13, 289n11, 290n13, 299n5, 351n11, 354n4, 448n11

  Dante, xvii–xviii, xliv

  death, practices related to, 155n8, 165n14, 188n2, 250n3, 371n13, 402n2

  Decameron, See Boccaccio, Giovanni<
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  Decroisette, Françoise. See translations of Lo cunto de li cunti

  Deleuze, Gilles and Félix Guattari, lxvi

  Del Tufo, Giovan Battista, 4n5, 16n14, 205n1, 285, 293n2

  dialects, Italian, xliii–xliv

  eclogues of Lo cunto de li cunti, lii, 104

  emblems, 259n6

  envy, theme of, lii–liii, 13n2, 102n32

  epic, genre of, 14n7, 106n4, 197nn5–6, 242n14, 313, 435n13. See also Ariosto, Ludovico; Boiardo, Matteo Maria; Pulci, Luigi; Tasso, Torquato

  fairs, feast days, and festivals, 5n10, 83n1, 240n8, 266n7, 408n4

  fairy-tale types: The Dragon-Slayer (AT 300), 63; The Twins or Blood-Brothers (AT 303), 63, 83; The Maiden in the Tower (“Rapunzel”) (AT 310), xlviii, 127; Rescue by the Sister (AT 311), 49, 207; The Girl as Helper in the Hero’s Flight (AT 313), 127, 168, 225; The Forgotten Fiancée (AT 313C), 168, 269; Hansel and Gretel (AT 327A), xlviii, 437; The Boy Steals the Giant’s Treasure (AT 328), 256; The Black and the White Bride (AT 403), 276, 346, 407; The Three Oranges (AT 408), 443; Sleeping Beauty (AT 410), xlviii, 180, 225, 422; The Search for the Lost Husband (AT 425), 185, 407; The Monster (Animal) as Bridegroom, (“Beauty and the Beast”) (AT 425A), 151, 413; Enchanted Husband Sings Lullaby (AT 425E), 185; The Prince as Bird (AT 432), 133, 151; The Prince as Serpent (AT 433), 151; The Supplanted Bride (AT 437), 3; Little Brother and Little Sister (AT 450), 437; The Maiden Who Seeks Her Brother (AT 451), 353; The Spinning-Woman by the Spring and the Kind and the Unkind Girls (AT 480), 276, 346, 402; The Three Old Women Helpers (AT 501), 319; Cinderella (AT 510A), xlviii, lix–lx, 56; The Dress of Gold, of Silver, and of Stars (“All-Fur”)(AT 510B), xlviii, 160; The Extraordinary Companions (AT 513), 263; Six Go Through the Whole World (AT 513A), 49, 263; Faithful John (AT 516), 365; The Speaking Horsehead (AT 533), 407; Puss in Boots (AT 545B), 145; Three Animals as Brothers-in-Law (AT 552A), 313; The Grateful Animals (AT 554), 239; The Dungbeetle (AT 559), 239; The Magic Ring (AT 560), 297; The Table, the Ass, and the Stick (AT 563), 13, 402; All Stick Together (AT 571), 397; The Biting Doll (AT 571C), 397; The Two Travelers (AT 613), 303; The Louse-Skin (AT 621), 49; The Myrtle (AT 652A), 22; The Four Skillful Brothers (AT 653), 49, 432; The Lazy Boy (AT 675), 32; The Maiden without Hands (AT 706), 214; Our Lady’s Child (AT 710), 75; The Old Woman Who Was Skinned (AT 877), 91; The Basil Maiden (AT 879), 139, 234, 249; The Forsaken Fiancée: Service as Menial (AT 884), 249; The Man Who Deserts His Wife and Sets Her the Task of Bearing Him a Child (AT 891), 427; The Ghoulish Schoolmaster and the Stove of Pity (AT 894), 180; King Thrushbeard (AT 900), 376; The Treasure of the Hanging Man (AT 910D), 303; The Talkative Wife and the Discovered Treasure (AT 1381), 42; The Sausage Rain (AT 1381B), 42; Master Thief (AT 1525), 256; the princess/fairy who would not laugh, 3, 239